Recent research regarding the star formation in star clusters on galaxy wide scales indicates that, in the hypothesis that all stars are born within clusters...

We show that quasar microlensing magnification statistics induced by a population of point microlenses distributed according to a mass-spectrum can be very well...

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Site selection is, no doubt, one of the most important preliminary studies in any telescope project since the image quality of the telescope will be limited by...

Obtaining and characterizing the extended point-spread function (PSF) is essential to extract accurate photometric information from deep imaging surveys. In...

It is shown how present uncertainties in the ability to compute collisional cross sections for rotational transitions can lead to order of magnitude errors in...

Recent studies show that in Europe we are losing women's talent in some key disciplines for the future, particularly those directly related to astronomy. In...

Scientific literacy in our society has entered a period of serious decline. Contrary to our perception, the interest of lay people for the sciences has not...

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